De Vita Contemplativa — La Vie contemplative

Der De Vita Contemplativa iz a traktat fun Philon fun Aleksandrye vos deskraybirt di kehile fun Therapeuten, a grupe asketen-yidn oyfgeshtelt oyf di breg fun yamto Maréotis, nebn Aleksandrye. Philon demalt in ir a lebn oyf-geveydt tsu meditation, allegorisher lern fun Tenahk un tffile, in an ideal fun khakhmones vos nemt fun beyde yidishe traditsyes un griekisher filosofye. Der verk iz a yoykhed dokument iber formes fun yidisher rukhnies-lebn in hellenis-tsen midor fun yideshkerin de 1st yorhundert, un hot farbrakht debaten iber di origins fun krestbishn monakhizm. Eusèbe fun Kesaree volt gerert gezen darto a krestbishn-kehile, ober s'iz nebn a yidisher tekst, bezugn fun der raykhtum fun intelektualne lebn fun Aleksandryer yidentum in zayn hokhpunkt.